Scientists are warning of growing risks to satellites as a mysterious weak spot in Earth’s magnetic field continues to expand. The anomaly could expose spacecraft to increased radiation, raising concerns for navigation, communication, and space technology.

Giant Weak Spot in Earth's Magnetic Field Getting Bigger

Earth’s magnetic field protects life, powers navigation, and shields us from solar radiation. If it weakens or vanishes, we could face GPS failures, crop loss, disrupted migration, and increased cancer risk. Here’s how this hidden force affects daily life and what could go wrong.

How our modern life depends on Earth’s magnetic field: What would happen if it disappeared?

A new study reveals that Earth's inner core is rotating slower than the rest of the planet. Scientists suggest this shift could impact Earth's magnetic field and even alter the length of our days. What does this mean for our planet’s future?

What if the earth stopped spinning? Unprecedented changes in Earth’s inner core

The debate of whether the moon’s inner core is solid or molten has finally been settled by a team of scientists at the French National Centre for Scientific Research.

What is inside the moon’s inner core? Here’s what scientists revealed

Earth's magnetic North Pole is on the move. It is travelling eastwards and has moved from northern Canada to the Arctic. It is now going towards Russia and at an extremely fast speed.

From Canada to Arctic to Siberia, the magnetic North Pole is moving. Why?

Earth's magnetic field flipped tens of thousands of years ago and now we know what that might have sounded like. It was only for a short time but has fascinated researchers.

Halloween scare! Listen to demonic sounds made by Earth's magnetic field when it flipped

It has been always known that there are gravity and magnetic fields present on planet Earth. However, an international team of scientists, with the help of a NASA suborbital rocket, was able to measure a planet-wide electric field successfully, which has been found to be as fundamental to planet Earth as are magnetic and gravity fields.

There is an electric field on Earth, apart from gravity and magnetic fields, NASA confirms

The intense solar wind streams which have been slamming the magnetic field of Earth - also known as the magnetosphere - have led to some major changes. The solar winds have formed the sunward side of the magnetosphere which is called a bow shock and has stretched the magnetic field in the shape of a wind sock with a long tail on the nightside.

Sun's coronal mass ejection bombarded Earth, changed its magnetic field. Here's how

A team of international researchers is inching closer to solving a solar mystery that has puzzled scientists for centuries. Astronomers have been stuck by the sun’s magnetic field while striving to understand where it originates.

Researchers close in on centuries-old solar mystery of Sun's magnetic field

The world witnessed shimmering Northern Lights, unlike the name they were visible as far away as in the dark. While the solar storms didn't cause much damage except nudging some satellites a few hundred meters from their orbit the question of course is can we even predict them? Now a new study has thrown some exciting insights.

Unveiling the origin of the sun's magnetic field

Earth's magnetic field is essentially the great protector of the planet, shielding it from the Sun’s intense cosmic radiation. However, a new research has claimed that the Earth’s magnetic field had vanished some 590 million years ago, and it actually created the best conditions for early life to flourish.

Earth’s ‘life-saver’ magnetic field collapsed 590 million years ago, for all good reasons

Space is becoming increasingly cluttered, not just with functioning spacecraft but also with the debris of those that have outlived their usefulness. As companies like SpaceX, among others, vie for supremacy in the satellite internet arena, the skies are witnessing a surge in space debris that is reportedly posing a challenge to life itself.

Space trash threatens Earth's magnetic field

Two years after we became aware of the existence of Sagittarius A*, a giant black hole at the centre of the Milky Way, the Event Horizon Telescope captured it in polarised light for the first time and it gave some fascinating insights.

Surprising images of black hole at centre of Milky Way alter our understanding of black holes

AstroSat, India's premier multi-wavelength space-based observatory detected rapid sub-second X-ray bursts emanating from a novel neutron star boasting an ultrahigh magnetic field, known as a magnetar.

AstroSat detects millisecond bursts from new magnetar, to unveil secrets concealed within

In a new study, researchers have discovered that migratory birds have the ability to ignore or process magnetic information, similar to how humans listen to music they are interested in and tune out if they do not like it.

Birds have inbuilt GPS in their brains which they turn on and off, reveals study

Earth's magnetic field is like a silent protector. As we go about living our daily life, the magnetic lines of force stretch and wrap around Earth and form a protective shield that guards us against deadly cosmic radiation and even charged solar particles.

Want to know how Earth's magnetic field sounds like? Check this out

A viral video shows hundreds of migratory birds falling to death in Mexico. Some netizens say the birds flew through power lines. Some blame the death on 'magnetic field issues'. Experts have a different explanation. Palki Sharma brings you a report.

Gravitas: Why hundreds of birds fell to death in Mexico

NASA researchers have revealed a nearby star which closely resembles the young Sun. The new study aims to find out the details about the Sun and about the development of life on Earth.

NASA model: This is how the Sun looked like in its youth

NASA has announced that its researchers are actively tracking the South Atlantic Anomaly.

Your Story: NASA explores Earth's 'Magnetic dent'

We have all read about how the magnetic field of the earth protects us from the solar radiation. However, according to reports, that magnetic field is now weakening.

Earth's magnetic field weakens; satellites and spacecrafts malfunction

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